A big problem with bureaucrats and politicians is that so many
possess degrees in law and social science; therefore, whenever the
results of a “scientific study” sound like a platform to generate
to rules, they go all in without properly analyzing the data. Our
current news cycle is filled with the unintended…

UPDATE: There has been a shooting at a Synagogue in Copenhagen:
Witness to Synagogue shooting: “It was like a movie.” @SkyNews
#CopenhagenShooting pic.twitter.com/0KCoWSJjBA— Ryan
(@Reporter_Ryan) February 15, 2015 BREAKING: Police say one of
three shooting victims outside Copenhagen synagogue has died.— The
Associated Press (@AP) February 15, 2015 The person killed at the
Synagogue…

Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been
formally charged with trying to cover up the involvement of the
Iranians in a bombing of a Jewish center. This comes after shocking
reports that prosecutor Alberto Nisman had (before his suspicious
death) drafted a warrant for the arrest of Fernandez, charging
her…

Bill Maher has some ideas about what really destroyed Brian
Williams’ credibility with the American people…and it has
absolutely nothing to do with his recent suspension. From Mediaite:
See, what “destroyed” Brian Williams’ credibility in Maher’s eyes
was “ten years of wasting precious news time with bullshit
stories.” It really bothers him that…

Columbia University is starting a new mandatory program.
Columbia May Require Rape Workshops for All Students Columbia
Students Criticize New Required Sex Assault Workshops George
Washington University, too. George Washington U. to Make Sexual
Violence ‘Training’ Mandatory Meanwhile, over in Utah… University
of Utah to Hold ‘Sex Week’ University of Utah Sex Week to Raffle
off a Year’s Supply…

Canada’s equivalent of Fox News shut down early this morning. In a
land where the state run Human Rights Commission works tirelessly
to squash free speech, Sun News Network will be missed. Sun News’
closing leave the network’s commentators like Ezra Levant, who’ve
consistently spoken out against Canada’s penchant for political…

“He was definitely aggressive, and he spoke harshly when he was upset.”

Yesterday, thousands of people descended on Raleigh, North Carolina
to pay homage to the three muslims killed in this week’s brutal
shooting in Chapel Hill. At one point, the memorial tilted
political as the father of one of the victims begged for a federal
investigation into the murders: In an impassioned speech…

By now, readers of Legal Insurrection know all about Rasmea Odeh,
and her convictions for a 1969 supermarket bombing in Jerusalem for
which she was convicted in 1970, and immigration fraud, for which
she was conficted in Detroit in November 2014. As Rasmea’s
supporters hold fundraisers, letter writing campaigns, student
events, and…

We’ve already talked about how Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg stole the show at this year’s State of the Union
address—mostly because the entire internet was 90% sure they
caught her during the action: We are all Ruth Bader Ginsburg now.
pic.twitter.com/2FCUGeVxxr #zzzzzzzzz #sotu— Michelle Malkin
(@michellemalkin) January 21, 2015 As it…

Man fatally shot when he points hands at officers as if holding weapon.

The old quip in self-defense circles is that it is imprudent to
bring a knife to a gunfight. This caution must apply only more
certainly to the bringing of a rock to a gunfight, a lesson learned
the hard way by one Antonio Zambrano-Montes after he was shot and
killed this…

Between measles, whooping cough and Ebola, supplies needed for new demands.

Add Wisconsin to the ever expanding list of states impacted by the
measles outbreak. The state’s public health officials indicate that
two patients are now isolated and being tested for the disease.
Last week, there were 14 states with 102 infected citizens and
public health officials were warning that the outbreak of…

While she was in flight, she became the most hated woman on Twitter, for what?

Back in December of 2013, a woman named Justine Sacco boarded a
plane in New York that was bound for South Africa. She was planning
to visit family for the holidays. She tweeted what was perceived as
a politically incorrect message to her tiny Twitter following and
by the time she…

Rick Perry may be polling in the single digits, but that hasn’t
stopped the former Texas governor from pushing ahead with a
messaging strategy that emphasizes experience over rhetoric, and
results over flash. Via the AP: Perry, who is considering a second
run for president, wrapped up a two-day trip to…

AACONS sits down with Peter J. Morici and Alex Epstein to discuss the news of the day.

Peter Morici is a professor at the University of Maryland Smith
School of Business, former Chief Economist at the U.S.
International Trade Commission, and five-time winner of the
MarketWatch best forecaster award. Alex Epstein is president and
founder of the Center of Industrial Progress, a “for-profit
think-tank seeking to bring about a…

Yesterday a federal district court in the 5th Circuit ordered
summary judgment in favor of several plaintiffs who challenged
existing restrictions on handgun transfers across state lines; the
court found that the federal government’s existing handgun transfer
ban was unconstitutional both on its face and applied to the facts
of this…

At age 89, Roslyn Joffe left a message about the death of her son, Edward: “I could never get over that and it overshadowed all my joy”

Rasmea Odeh was convicted in Israel of the 1969 bombing of the
Super Sol supermarket in Jerusalem, in which Hebrew University
students Edward Joffe and Leon Kanner were killed, in addition to
the attempted bombing of the British Consulate. Rasmea served 10
years of a life sentence before being released in a…